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now assad joins them. i think to contemplate the congress of the united states would turn its back on israel, jordan, turkey, our allies in the region, turn its back on the innocent syrian people slaughtered by this gas, and those who yet may be subject to an attack. if we don't stand up to this, i can't condetemplate that congre would turn its back on that responsibility and the fact that we would have, in fact, granted impunity to a ruthless dictator to continue to gas his people. those are the stakes. >> mister -- >> i don't believe the congress will do that. >> mr. secretary, you make it sound like this was the plan. on friday when you made your speech, you made a powerful call for quick action. you seemed to be leading the charge up the hill. >> chris, i made a powerful call for action. i never mentioned the word "quick." i made the case for why we needed to take action. >> you talked about making a decision now. if i may, sir -- >> the president has taken his decision, chris. the president announced
now assad joins them. i think to contemplate the congress of the united states would turn its back on israel, jordan, turkey, our allies in the region, turn its back on the innocent syrian people slaughtered by this gas, and those who yet may be subject to an attack. if we don't stand up to this, i can't condetemplate that congre would turn its back on that responsibility and the fact that we would have, in fact, granted impunity to a ruthless dictator to continue to gas his people. those are...
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he made a point and hopefully assad gets it. if assad doesn't get it, it's gonna hurt. what general mattis was saying the strike happened responding to their continued use of chemical weapons. but of course if assad continues to go forward, there will be more and it will hurt and i think that he has a lot to think about. >> chris: i want to pick up on that because there are certainly indications since the first strike in april of last year that assad had used chemical weapons and there was no u.s. response. this particular case last weekend was especially egregious and horrific. are you saying that going forward any use of chemical weapons by assad will trigger an immediate u.s. response? >> well, i think first of all you said it. this last one was egregious, barbaric and discussing. there was a cumulative wave of constant use of chemical weapons. assad new russia had its back and cover for him at the united nations and he got reckless and used it more aggressively. we have to be conscious that we can't allow the smallest use of chemical weapons and why you saw the pres
he made a point and hopefully assad gets it. if assad doesn't get it, it's gonna hurt. what general mattis was saying the strike happened responding to their continued use of chemical weapons. but of course if assad continues to go forward, there will be more and it will hurt and i think that he has a lot to think about. >> chris: i want to pick up on that because there are certainly indications since the first strike in april of last year that assad had used chemical weapons and there...
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one wrote those who come after assad may be enemies of assad. it's true. some are extremist. that's only the case if they see the world doing nothing to those gassing people to death. we just want to live in peace with dignity and freedom and the day after any military action we'd redouble our actions to achieve a political solution that strengthen the rejection of tyranny and extremism. finally, many of you asked why not leave this to other countries or seek solutions short of force? several people wrote to me, we should not be the world's policeman. i agree and i have a deeply held preference for peaceful solutions. my administration has try diplomacy and sanctions but chemical weapons were still used by the assad regime. however over the last few days we've seen encouraging signs. in part, because of the threat of us military action and talks i've had the president putin. russia had moved to push him to give up his chemical weapons. they joined the chemical weapons convention and they have admit today having them. this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of c
one wrote those who come after assad may be enemies of assad. it's true. some are extremist. that's only the case if they see the world doing nothing to those gassing people to death. we just want to live in peace with dignity and freedom and the day after any military action we'd redouble our actions to achieve a political solution that strengthen the rejection of tyranny and extremism. finally, many of you asked why not leave this to other countries or seek solutions short of force? several...
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assad is a dictator whoo used chemical weapons. rebel forces have been infiltrated in large part by al qaeda factions. the key threat in the region are the chemical weapons themselves. and i think this is a step forward, if you will. it will not be easy. i think the devil's in the details. as reagan said, trust but verify, but we owe this -- we need to do this because it can't be done without a shot fired and hopefully without any american troops being put on the ground. and so i'm, you know, we're going to take a look at this. i do think that putin is in a unique position rather than the president to get this done because of his leverage over assad and over syria. putin has now come forward as a leader, and he owns this now. and i believe that that gives us the greatest ability to get this thing done. >> we'll talk more about putin in a couple of minutes. you mentioned ronald reagan. no question, congressman van hollen, there's going to be a lot of heavy lifting if this is going to be successful. let's listen to what secretary of
assad is a dictator whoo used chemical weapons. rebel forces have been infiltrated in large part by al qaeda factions. the key threat in the region are the chemical weapons themselves. and i think this is a step forward, if you will. it will not be easy. i think the devil's in the details. as reagan said, trust but verify, but we owe this -- we need to do this because it can't be done without a shot fired and hopefully without any american troops being put on the ground. and so i'm, you know,...
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dictator bashar al-assad gassed his own people using chlorine gas killing at least 40 potentially up to 75. we are told by those sources in the pentagon president trump has made the decision along with coalition forces coming from france and great britain that we will strike syria. we do not know the details. in about a minute we'll find out more details from the president. >> where will the president be making the address from? >> they are keeping things tight. they even said nothing happening. he will be going to dinner. that is a head fake. they have been keeping things under wrap. he has been meeting with the defense secretary james mattis and bolton on his war council talking about the possibilities. how far to strike syria. it was last april when the u.s. struck with those 59 tomahawks against syria after a different gas attack on his own people a sarin gas attack. he gassed his people 20 times since then. we expect a more muscular response to this april 7th attack. >> was there any word on the report from the russian military blaming britain for this chemical attack and whethe
dictator bashar al-assad gassed his own people using chlorine gas killing at least 40 potentially up to 75. we are told by those sources in the pentagon president trump has made the decision along with coalition forces coming from france and great britain that we will strike syria. we do not know the details. in about a minute we'll find out more details from the president. >> where will the president be making the address from? >> they are keeping things tight. they even said...
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i don't think we'll do anything to assad. it's more likely that the chemical weapons could become freed and go about between the rebels or into al qaeda's hand ifs we destabilize assad. >> let me ask you about a new development today. secretary of state kerry says the u.s., the administration will consider the french suggestion to go back to the u.n. security council and wait for the weapons inspection report there. would that change your mind? >> i think it is a better route. the thing is that the security council, we butt head s with russia and china all the time. we have to figure out how to get them on our side. russia has said repeatedly they are against chemical weapons use. they have signed the treaty, the ban. if we can convince them this was perpetrated by assad and the russians and chinese and security council are on our side it could change the outcome. >> russia has a tremendous, real interest, real politic interest in assad staying in power. he's a close ally of theirs. let me ask you a different question. this w
i don't think we'll do anything to assad. it's more likely that the chemical weapons could become freed and go about between the rebels or into al qaeda's hand ifs we destabilize assad. >> let me ask you about a new development today. secretary of state kerry says the u.s., the administration will consider the french suggestion to go back to the u.n. security council and wait for the weapons inspection report there. would that change your mind? >> i think it is a better route. the...
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president assad knows that . i think you have a dynamic where we -- he's going to have -- can he take credit if qaddafi is deposed. obama said given the situation in syria which is comparable but doesn't appear he will amass a coalition and also use military strength and repliicate the libya operation. i don't think he will. i think he made it clear he won't . so it is a tough moment even if qaddafi is desupposed. >> post qaddafi libya raises question marks. >> of course, there are. there are elements of the libya opposition is unsavory. we don't know what the u.s. position will be going forward in lib yampt having said that one thing we shouldn't do is avoid trying to influence the outcome. to the extent that we have a say in the kind of opposition and what it looks like and how it governs, we should try thodo that and shouldn't say as president obama has said. hands off. we don't look like america is meddling. >> bret: there are meetings with government officials and in at least the leadership of the rebel forc
president assad knows that . i think you have a dynamic where we -- he's going to have -- can he take credit if qaddafi is deposed. obama said given the situation in syria which is comparable but doesn't appear he will amass a coalition and also use military strength and repliicate the libya operation. i don't think he will. i think he made it clear he won't . so it is a tough moment even if qaddafi is desupposed. >> post qaddafi libya raises question marks. >> of course, there are....
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thank you. >> simple question, has the assad regime used chemical weapons, crossed the red line? >> our assessment says yes, also by britain and the united states. >> this week, israeli's top military analysts said, according to our professional assessment the regime has used deadly chemical weapons against armed rebels on a number of occasions in the past few months. he pointed to a march 19th attack in which, quote, victims suffered from sunken pupils, foaming from the mouth, and other symptoms which indicate the use of deadly chemical weapons. the white house ambassador says there's not enough evidence. who's right? >> it's an intelligence assessment. that's what intelligence agencies do, make assessments. it's not definitive proof, of course. the chemical weapons situation in syria is highly complex. we're dealing with the largest chemical weapons arsenal in the middle east, one of the largest in the world. it's diverse. it's stored in different ways. and access to syria i is very, very limited. they won't let u.n. inspectors in at all. our assessments are similar to the unit
thank you. >> simple question, has the assad regime used chemical weapons, crossed the red line? >> our assessment says yes, also by britain and the united states. >> this week, israeli's top military analysts said, according to our professional assessment the regime has used deadly chemical weapons against armed rebels on a number of occasions in the past few months. he pointed to a march 19th attack in which, quote, victims suffered from sunken pupils, foaming from the...
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they will be encouraged if they can rescue assad from his current predicament. i think they believe that there's no way on earth that this president will ever use the military option to stop iran's nuclear program. that's the real danger here. >> chris: let's look at this from a different angle, which is that the white house seems convinced, simple, americans don't want to get involved in another land war in this part of the world. is there no political downside for the president to see what's going on in syria? >> i think there's a political downside, beyond it being a humanitarian career, it becomes a militaristic crisis. what's interesting, i find, it's not just that americans are war weary about emergencying engage, but they've only gotten $140 this a. trying to raise $53 million. $4 million for darfur in one year. $140,000 for syria in one year. you can make the case militaristically, but the sale on a humanitarian basis is having a hard time getting through to americans. >> chris: let's talk about the politics of all of this, laura. russia is ignoring the
they will be encouraged if they can rescue assad from his current predicament. i think they believe that there's no way on earth that this president will ever use the military option to stop iran's nuclear program. that's the real danger here. >> chris: let's look at this from a different angle, which is that the white house seems convinced, simple, americans don't want to get involved in another land war in this part of the world. is there no political downside for the president to see...
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in regards of going against assad-syria, there is no congressional authorization. there is no authority to use force. the president has some inherent article to powers, but as he consulted with us by notice on this attack, it's incumbent upon him consult with congress and if there's going to be a use of force on a continuing basis, he needs the authorization. >> chris: do you think the house and senate democrats as well as republicans would authorize the use of force? >> senator cardin: i think it depends upon seeing a plan from the president on syria and get the support of congress and then have forces used as part of implementing that strategy. we have neither. of all strategy, we don't have the request for use of force. >> chris: another big story this week, and i want to address that with both of you now, that was, the senate republicans invoking the nuclear option, changing the rules of the senate to confirm neil gorsuch as the next justice to the supreme court. here was that moment in the senate. >> the nomination of neil gorsuch of colorado to be an associat
in regards of going against assad-syria, there is no congressional authorization. there is no authority to use force. the president has some inherent article to powers, but as he consulted with us by notice on this attack, it's incumbent upon him consult with congress and if there's going to be a use of force on a continuing basis, he needs the authorization. >> chris: do you think the house and senate democrats as well as republicans would authorize the use of force? >> senator...
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unless syrian deck tayor al assad doesn't get the message. >> -- dictator al assad tonight get the mess oomg. >> it's message that the being as were inexcusable and inflicted maximum damage withoutunnecessary risk to sighians. >> reporter: assad used weapon on his people killing more than 40 civilians. russia and iran continue to back assad. >> to iran and to railroada, i ask -- russia, i ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? >> reporter: and words of warning from russia following the air strike. russian ambassador to the u.s. says the country feels threatened and that such action also not be left without consequences. as for that united nations security council meeting, it is supposed to take place in just about an hour. it was called at the request of russian president putin. so it will be very interesting to see what is said during that meeting following last night's attack and, of course, the briefing by the pentagon that happened moments ago. >> it's interesting, the briefing lasted 45 minutes and you had lieuten
unless syrian deck tayor al assad doesn't get the message. >> -- dictator al assad tonight get the mess oomg. >> it's message that the being as were inexcusable and inflicted maximum damage withoutunnecessary risk to sighians. >> reporter: assad used weapon on his people killing more than 40 civilians. russia and iran continue to back assad. >> to iran and to railroada, i ask -- russia, i ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent...
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that's how he's going to spin the support for assad. it's like the blow to be struck against the islamic state. everything done in the ukraine about go by the wayside, this guy has used syria to disturb the rest of the world. it's because of his support for assad that the war was prolonged and all these refugees were forced out of the country. >> and president obama's fecklessness, let's not forget that. >> how could we? >>> duly noted. thank you, panel. we'll see you next sunday. >>> and we'll be back in a moment. >>> a look far outside the beltway, at the alaskan wilderness. we want to note today marks our 1,000th "fox news sunday" since tony snow started here in 1996. we want to thank you so much for watching, and we promise to keep at it each and every week. for our 1,001st show next sunday we'll have an exclusive interview with governor jeb bush. that's it for today. have a great week, and we'll see you next "fox news sunday." female announcer: get sleep at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for three years on the b
that's how he's going to spin the support for assad. it's like the blow to be struck against the islamic state. everything done in the ukraine about go by the wayside, this guy has used syria to disturb the rest of the world. it's because of his support for assad that the war was prolonged and all these refugees were forced out of the country. >> and president obama's fecklessness, let's not forget that. >> how could we? >>> duly noted. thank you, panel. we'll see you next...
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support of assad. white house press secretary. sean spicer ran into trouble when he went a few steps further . >> we didn't use weapons of world war ii. you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even think to using chemical weapons. >> that of course set off a wave of spicer. >> is trying to describe the attack that assad made on his own people and frankly i used mistakenly and inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust which there is no comparison. >> we lost them on that shoppers will go forward. >> atty. general. jeff sessions has a new plan to combat illegal immigration here to the us from mexico and went to the border in arizona and talked with quarter agents that a new plan for dealing with people caught illegally crossing the border protection said it will no longer be released back into mexico, instead they will be detained and prosecuted. >> the most important thing for us is to send a message to the world at the border is not open . please do not calm. he will be appreh
support of assad. white house press secretary. sean spicer ran into trouble when he went a few steps further . >> we didn't use weapons of world war ii. you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even think to using chemical weapons. >> that of course set off a wave of spicer. >> is trying to describe the attack that assad made on his own people and frankly i used mistakenly and inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust which there is no comparison....
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maintained that president assad was directly responsible for that. there is no proof that he ordered that. if he had, he would have commit ad war crime. let's continue. they have now offered up their list of chemical weapons to the oversight. now we have to see if they're willing to move in the next step which is open inspection, ver verfiability, and with that interview, they did a great job in pushing president assad on those issues. >> brit, your reaction? >> another case where he does this interview, a catalog of falsehoo falsehoods. it may be true that no official body has identified him as the one who made the call, but his regime has suggested he is responsible for this and i don't see how he escaped responsibility from that. at the moment then he stands, he seems to me, responsible for what is a war crime. and i'm glad he put forward a catalog of weapons, but be have a long way to go. >> thank you, panel. let me say remember our discussion continues every sunday. and whether we can or can't trust assad. >> up next, the power player of the wee
maintained that president assad was directly responsible for that. there is no proof that he ordered that. if he had, he would have commit ad war crime. let's continue. they have now offered up their list of chemical weapons to the oversight. now we have to see if they're willing to move in the next step which is open inspection, ver verfiability, and with that interview, they did a great job in pushing president assad on those issues. >> brit, your reaction? >> another case where...
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>> well, first of all, i don't support air strikes again assad now. no one is calling for those now. i thought number one, it would be counterproductive, especially the way many the president was describing the strikes. we you should only take military action if you have a clear objective and providing the resources necessary to win. i offered an alternative. i clearly outlined what we should be doing instead, including increased sanctions against institutions that are propping up assad, and -- to topple assad, but also to ensure novak consumes were being created for groups like isis and others to take hold. i felt that air strikes, and i still do, against assad at the time would have been counterproductive. he would have survived, would have remained in power and strengthsened his hand, that he had taken on the united states and still held on. in fact may have rallied some to his side as a result of such a strike. those are the reasons i thought that should not have been the appropriate response at the time. if military response is the appropriate re
>> well, first of all, i don't support air strikes again assad now. no one is calling for those now. i thought number one, it would be counterproductive, especially the way many the president was describing the strikes. we you should only take military action if you have a clear objective and providing the resources necessary to win. i offered an alternative. i clearly outlined what we should be doing instead, including increased sanctions against institutions that are propping up assad,...
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. >>> syrian president assad claims he is committed to turning over his regime's chemical weapons for destruction but he is refusing to admit to authorizing the gas attack that killed more than 1400 people last month. also as leland vetert reports from the middle east assad believes his country is not in the midst of a civil war. >> syrian president assad remained defiant in an interview with fox news, the leader denied his country is locked in a civil war instead blaming outside influences for creating a completely new type of conflict. >> civil war doesn't mean to have 80 or 83 nationality coming to fight within your country supported by foreign countries. >> assad also pushed back against allegation he is responsible for the chemical attack, despite a report the u.s. says clearly shows they used gas. >> we did not use chemical weapons there because if you want to use it you would harm your troops, you would have harmed the tens of thousands of civilians. >> assad said his government has proof the opposition was behind the attack which killed 1400 people. a claim the united states s
. >>> syrian president assad claims he is committed to turning over his regime's chemical weapons for destruction but he is refusing to admit to authorizing the gas attack that killed more than 1400 people last month. also as leland vetert reports from the middle east assad believes his country is not in the midst of a civil war. >> syrian president assad remained defiant in an interview with fox news, the leader denied his country is locked in a civil war instead blaming outside...
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-- legitimate rule of bashar al-assad. >> reporter: after leaving that meeting with vladimir putin. secretary of state rex tillerson made it clear that the united states' position is that there is no place for syrian president bashar al- assad. >> russia is their closest ally in the conflict. they have the best means of helping bashar al-assad recognize this reality. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson revealed few details about his meeting with vladimir putin. today the russian minister called for an investigation into the chemical attack in syria which killed 80 people. >> it's our colleagues, if they try to avoid the investigation, they are not wanting to find out the truth. >> reporter: they warned the united states not to strike syria again, in the meantime south carolina governor nikki haley address the members of the security counsel. >> it's past time for russia to stop covering for bashar al- assad. >> reporter: president donald trump had this to say about russian support for the syrian rej e-mail. >> -- regime. >> right now we are not getting along with russia at
-- legitimate rule of bashar al-assad. >> reporter: after leaving that meeting with vladimir putin. secretary of state rex tillerson made it clear that the united states' position is that there is no place for syrian president bashar al- assad. >> russia is their closest ally in the conflict. they have the best means of helping bashar al-assad recognize this reality. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson revealed few details about his meeting with vladimir putin. today...
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russia and iran both back assad. u.s. action raise as the risk of the military confrontation with either or both of those two countries. >> we pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. we hope as long as america stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the end prevail. >> reporter: before tonight's strikes launched, russia's deputy were warned of, "negative consequences," if the u.s. decided to take military action in syria. when asked what those consequences might be he said, "look at iraq and look at libya." frank and heather? >> monte francis in our newsroom, thank you. >>> the bay area congressman was flying home from washington when the word came from the missile strike. we spoke to him when he got off the plane at sfo within the last half hour. >> the answer is not unilateral united states action. we should have a strategy going forward, we should go to congress before any further action is taken, and we need to bring in our friends. right now it's not clear what the str
russia and iran both back assad. u.s. action raise as the risk of the military confrontation with either or both of those two countries. >> we pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed. we hope as long as america stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the end prevail. >> reporter: before tonight's strikes launched, russia's deputy were warned of, "negative consequences," if the u.s. decided to take military action in syria....
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at the expense of the anti-assad rebels. you say in effect that the rebels have discontinued, and then the world will be faced with a choice, assad, as unmeened and distasteful as he is, or isis. is that what's going on? >> that's what putin wants to create. what assad has wanted to create since 2011. assad is the one who basically declared war on his own people. he tried to turn it into it's me or the terrorist. it wasn't credible, because in fact the majority of his people in fact were fighting him, because he imposed a war on them. the more you turn it into it's either assad or isis, it looks more he's the one that prevents -- putin wants to create the reality. in fact part of what peet putin is doing is in a sense depopulate syria. what putin is doing is make the refugee crisis dramatically worse, the europeans will also look at how do we cope with this, a problem that putin is creating. >> but mr. hadley, the president and the white house keep saying putin is acting out weakness, that russia is going to get involved in
at the expense of the anti-assad rebels. you say in effect that the rebels have discontinued, and then the world will be faced with a choice, assad, as unmeened and distasteful as he is, or isis. is that what's going on? >> that's what putin wants to create. what assad has wanted to create since 2011. assad is the one who basically declared war on his own people. he tried to turn it into it's me or the terrorist. it wasn't credible, because in fact the majority of his people in fact were...
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in the meantime, assad remains in power. he continues to slaughter his own people, and as we say he's holding on to his kepton, most of his chemical weapons stockpile. senator ayotte, who is winning in syria right now, putin or obama? >> unfortunately, it's putin right now, and, again, putin can play a role of putting pressure on assad. they are not putting enough pressure on assad. assad regime is slow, dragging its feet, slow rolling trying to comply with the chemical weapons agreement, so right now assad is winning, which is very unfortunate, and what i'm worried about also is the recent testimony of the director of national intelligence clapper about how the al qaeda extremists in syria are now actually posing a threat to our homeland, so this is a real issue for us as well. >> senators, we have a couple of minutes left, and i want to get into one other issue, and that is the president's budget. we got some information about the budget that he will release a week from tuesday. let's put up the details on the screen. he'l
in the meantime, assad remains in power. he continues to slaughter his own people, and as we say he's holding on to his kepton, most of his chemical weapons stockpile. senator ayotte, who is winning in syria right now, putin or obama? >> unfortunately, it's putin right now, and, again, putin can play a role of putting pressure on assad. they are not putting enough pressure on assad. assad regime is slow, dragging its feet, slow rolling trying to comply with the chemical weapons agreement,...
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. >>> and president trump called syrian president assad an animal. secretary of state rex tillerso inis in russia trying to get russia to stop supporting assad and spicer has his own problems regarding syria. here's more from washington. >> reporter: look at the apology in a moment, but president trump followed up on last week's air strikes in syria with some tough words for the syrian president assad and the russian government. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson in moscow this morning, meeting with the russian counterparts. will this lead to a new direction on syria? president trump new offering the first in-depth interview on syria and his thinking that led to u.s. airstrikes there last week. he's unsparing in his description of the syrian president assad. >> and massive barrels with diana might and drop them -- dynamite and drop them in the middle of the group with the people. you see the same kids with no arms, no legs or face. this is an animal. >> reporter: the predecessor should have taken a tougher line on assad and putin should questi
. >>> and president trump called syrian president assad an animal. secretary of state rex tillerso inis in russia trying to get russia to stop supporting assad and spicer has his own problems regarding syria. here's more from washington. >> reporter: look at the apology in a moment, but president trump followed up on last week's air strikes in syria with some tough words for the syrian president assad and the russian government. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson in moscow...
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the guys doing the burying are assad loyalists. apparently this guy provided video to the television network al jazeera that showed crimes committed by assad's regime. as a punishment they bury this guy alive. he's saying there is no god but god. the assad loyalists are answering back there is no god but bashar. of course we're not going to be able to show you this video in its entirety but you can head to rightthisminute.com and see the entire thing. i will warn you, it is very, very graphic. they cover this man's head completely. tough to watch. they also in this video refer to him as an animal, as they pile dirt on his head. >> this is so hard to watch because some of these people like him probably felt like he was doing something for the good of the people. >> hopefully if anything can come of this, just to show the atrocities that go on over there. >>> this guy is a killer great rider. >> is he single? is he doing this to impress girls, brazilian girls. >> he's a guy. ladies, see his moves next. >>> a flash model with a twist.
the guys doing the burying are assad loyalists. apparently this guy provided video to the television network al jazeera that showed crimes committed by assad's regime. as a punishment they bury this guy alive. he's saying there is no god but god. the assad loyalists are answering back there is no god but bashar. of course we're not going to be able to show you this video in its entirety but you can head to rightthisminute.com and see the entire thing. i will warn you, it is very, very graphic....
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that we're fighting on behalf of al assad. will the president impose a no-fly zone which would, one, show the demonstrators were not helping the assad regime and protect the civil yags from attacks from the air. >> we're taking this one step at a time. first, in iraq we have in place an inclusive iraqi government, and we'll le reforming the security forces to work with them. in syria, thanks to the strong expression of support from congress, we now have authority to go ahead and train and equip the moderate syrian opposition. we have saudi arabia working with us, other countries are going to be a part of. >> what about -- >> if they prove useful, necessary and effective, we'll take them on, but right now the main emphasis is to get isil on their heels, off their toes, and in coordination with iraqis and the kurdish forces we've been moving them back. the president has been very clear, this is going to be a long-term effort. it's going to be stand and more effective ball wee be working with partners on the ground, not sending i
that we're fighting on behalf of al assad. will the president impose a no-fly zone which would, one, show the demonstrators were not helping the assad regime and protect the civil yags from attacks from the air. >> we're taking this one step at a time. first, in iraq we have in place an inclusive iraqi government, and we'll le reforming the security forces to work with them. in syria, thanks to the strong expression of support from congress, we now have authority to go ahead and train and...
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in an interview, president trump called assad an animal for the deadly chemical attack on civilians, including children. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person, and i think it's very bad for russia, i think it's very bad for mankind, it's very bad for this world. >> both syrian president trump assad and vladimir putin denny involvement in the chemical attack but james mat tis says syria was definitely involved. >>> got some green on radar, light showers, but heavier rain will visit the bay area tomorrow, i'll let you know when and where. >>> backlash against united airlines after a passenger is dragged from the plane. the new apology amid criticism from customers, lawmakers, and investors. >>> starting next week, a new option to watch ktvu news. the 11 clock news starts after the 10:00 news. >> as many customers horrified from the video, and calls for a congressional investigation, the damage to united reputation may have been done. jana? >> reporter: a bad public relations moment for united airlines, got worse, despite the ceo's issuing an apology. two day
in an interview, president trump called assad an animal for the deadly chemical attack on civilians, including children. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person, and i think it's very bad for russia, i think it's very bad for mankind, it's very bad for this world. >> both syrian president trump assad and vladimir putin denny involvement in the chemical attack but james mat tis says syria was definitely involved. >>> got some green on radar, light...
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that would really bring bashar assad to justice. six resolutions have been vetoed by russia. >> the president also said that the coalition partners would continue these strikes until the bashar assad regime say they will no longer use chemical weapons on his own people. >>> house minority leader released a statement saying that one night of airstrikes is not a substitute for a clear, comprehensive syria strategy. the president must come to congress and secure authorization for use of mattila very -- military force by proposing a comprehensive strategy with clear objectives that keep our military safe and avoid lateral damage. some are calling the attack unconstitutional. it is believed the president will get strong support from around the world. >> i think in the middle east it sends a message that we are willing to act. that the use of chemical weapons has to be brought to a halt. for people who want to possibly make political hay over that, the majority of the world sees this as a positive step. >> there is word tonight from the f
that would really bring bashar assad to justice. six resolutions have been vetoed by russia. >> the president also said that the coalition partners would continue these strikes until the bashar assad regime say they will no longer use chemical weapons on his own people. >>> house minority leader released a statement saying that one night of airstrikes is not a substitute for a clear, comprehensive syria strategy. the president must come to congress and secure authorization for...
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is not pressing for assad to leave immediately to wish assad joked to dutch television, quote, i was packing my luggage i had to leave. now i can stay. u.s. officials fear if he they push assad out now, they will create a vacuum. this is an ambitious resolution by the u.n., brokered by secretary kerry but implementing it will be harder. >>> and there is no surprise that the texas teen convict of killing four people made a run for it. >> right now, partly cloudy skies, coming up, the heaviest rainfall in the sunday forecast and also more storms in the 5- day outlook. >>> a 5000-dollar reward isingwith offered for information leading to the whereabouts of a texas teen who remains on the run. the u.s. marshall service has release add poster of 18-year- old ethan couch. he is the teen who made headlines by using affluenza during a drunk driving case. that's a reference to the young man's upbringing and not learning right from wrong. the disappearance comes after a video showing him allegedly at a party. the probation pro hi pits him from drinking. >> we thought it was almost laughable. i
is not pressing for assad to leave immediately to wish assad joked to dutch television, quote, i was packing my luggage i had to leave. now i can stay. u.s. officials fear if he they push assad out now, they will create a vacuum. this is an ambitious resolution by the u.n., brokered by secretary kerry but implementing it will be harder. >>> and there is no surprise that the texas teen convict of killing four people made a run for it. >> right now, partly cloudy skies, coming up,...
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assad . >>> the secretary of state came to the cameras and informed us that the united states is wosh g to build a coalition a coalition to retaliate against the syrian regime that's been carrying out this campaign that's left more than half a million seer yans dead in a civil war. whitehouse officials came together last night. today members of the joint chiefs came together much the president was briefed on options. tonight as the president is meeting with the chinese leader at his resort in south florida we got the word that the united states has launched a military attack tom hawk missiles on syria. we are expecting to hear from president trump shortly. john roberts is live at mar-a-lago in south florida where we await word. >> i've just been told by a senior administration official that president trump did not call russian russia putin prior to these missiles being laufrnl d at syria. we were discussing this rl yer tonight that because of the fact there are so many russians who are in that country and russians who might have been manning some of those ante aircraft batteries that
assad . >>> the secretary of state came to the cameras and informed us that the united states is wosh g to build a coalition a coalition to retaliate against the syrian regime that's been carrying out this campaign that's left more than half a million seer yans dead in a civil war. whitehouse officials came together last night. today members of the joint chiefs came together much the president was briefed on options. tonight as the president is meeting with the chinese leader at his...
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is it important assad go down? my instinct would have been if you cared about it, you had an opportunity to provide support with american forces directly involved. now they are going to do it. the question is if they are a day late and a dollar short. >> what about no-fly zones, stand-off strikes on syrian airstrips and things to eliminate their air superiority? >> jack keen said on the network -- >> former general. >> former general. close friend of mine, a great guy. from a military standpoint of being able to accomplish something objectively that might provide success, the no-fly zone, is what he would recommend. that's not without potential cost obviously. syria has a sophisticated anti-air capability. sophisticated ground to air missiles. so it's a problem. i think it's important for the administration to come back and specify what is the u.s. national interest here? it seems to be the only reason you're going is now you have evidence that they used chemical weapons and killed 150 people with chemical weapons.
is it important assad go down? my instinct would have been if you cared about it, you had an opportunity to provide support with american forces directly involved. now they are going to do it. the question is if they are a day late and a dollar short. >> what about no-fly zones, stand-off strikes on syrian airstrips and things to eliminate their air superiority? >> jack keen said on the network -- >> former general. >> former general. close friend of mine, a great guy....
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the overthrow of assad, the assad government, the assad mafia would be a very welcome thing in syria. syria has had all kind of trouble throughout the region for a very long time. it seems to me if there is one place you look at and say strategically, where could, you know, could we have a real chance of doing something serious, that would be the place. yet, we haven't done anything serious. i don't know whether the c.i.a. or some other way we may be offering aid and comfort to the rebels but i hope we are. i don't understand why the president can't muster anything more than what you said was a strong statement. i don't think it's a strong statement that he made. it's a piece of paper and it doesn't accomplish anything. >> chris: it's a statement. i agree, he hasn't taken any action. let me ask you about that, mara, why do you think the obama administration has been so reluctant to confront assad? a few weeks ago you had hillary clinton talk about him as a potential reformer. are they that afraid what is going to follow him will be so much worse? >> may be pro-iranian. >> chris: is it
the overthrow of assad, the assad government, the assad mafia would be a very welcome thing in syria. syria has had all kind of trouble throughout the region for a very long time. it seems to me if there is one place you look at and say strategically, where could, you know, could we have a real chance of doing something serious, that would be the place. yet, we haven't done anything serious. i don't know whether the c.i.a. or some other way we may be offering aid and comfort to the rebels but i...
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they want to see an end to president assad's regime. in san francisco, cara liu. >> east bay congressman flowell say they want more specifics before they vote. a vigil is scheduled at the district office. organizers say they came to vote against a strike. the that vigil is part of a day in action that will take place around the country. >>> giants niners and raiders all the bay area sports action on sports wrap coming up in less than 10 minutes. >>> plus music, art and the great outdoors. we'll take you to san francisco's latest sunday streets event. >>> and live pictures now looking at mount diablo tonight how long will the high heat and high fire danger last? our meteorologist mark tamayo is up next with the complete bay area forecast. >>> well we have to show you live coverage all evening long of the morgan fire. still the live cameras picking up the intense fire fight through the evening. as far as the signature of the fire fight, you can see the fog showing up offshore. look at those two little dots. i will expand this view. the on
they want to see an end to president assad's regime. in san francisco, cara liu. >> east bay congressman flowell say they want more specifics before they vote. a vigil is scheduled at the district office. organizers say they came to vote against a strike. the that vigil is part of a day in action that will take place around the country. >>> giants niners and raiders all the bay area sports action on sports wrap coming up in less than 10 minutes. >>> plus music, art and...
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al-assad. those missile strikes may have taken a toll on syria but this is now looking like just the first stage. the next move, making russian president vladimir putin feel some pain as well. >> russian sanctions will be coming down, secretary mnuchin will be announcing those on monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that we are dealing with equipment related to assad and chemical weapons used and so i think everyone is going to feel it at this point. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says russia has blocked a half dozen attempts to facilitate investigations into chemical attacks and while the administration is warning syrian president bashar al- assad that the u.s. will respond again if chemical weapons are used again, she said u.s. troops will stay in syria for now, just weeks after president trump said they would be coming home, all of which may contribute to this growing tension between trump and putin and tensions wi
al-assad. those missile strikes may have taken a toll on syria but this is now looking like just the first stage. the next move, making russian president vladimir putin feel some pain as well. >> russian sanctions will be coming down, secretary mnuchin will be announcing those on monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that we are dealing with equipment related to assad and chemical weapons used and so i think everyone is going to feel it at this...
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if you take out assad's air, then you are essentially putting us in there as a force. and the force might then be threatened not only by russians but consider the turkish government, which that had a relationship in terms of oil. lots of other factors. that's the problem. one last point on this. to karl's notion, the american people did not want to go in. given what happened during the bush years, they did not want more boots on the ground. >> first of all, again, thank you for the straw man argument that we need a half a million people on the ground. we didn't need that. we needed decisive action. chris, the point that chris brought up is absolutely right. if we had acted in 2009, '10, '11, '12, before the russians appeared, if we destroyed the syrian air bases, there would have been no air bases from which to russians could project their power. president obama succeeded at something that no president since 1972 has been able to achieve. that is he has brought russia back into the middle east. and he's also given greater authority and power in the region to the irania
if you take out assad's air, then you are essentially putting us in there as a force. and the force might then be threatened not only by russians but consider the turkish government, which that had a relationship in terms of oil. lots of other factors. that's the problem. one last point on this. to karl's notion, the american people did not want to go in. given what happened during the bush years, they did not want more boots on the ground. >> first of all, again, thank you for the straw...
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they're interested in keeping assad in power. so i, when i was secretary of state, advocated, and i advocate today, a no-fly zone and safe zones. we need some leverage with the russians. because they're not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution unless there is some leverage over there hem am. and we have to work more closely with our partners and allies on the ground. but i want to emphasize that what is at stake here is the ambitions and the aggressiveness of russia. russia has decided that it's all in, in syria. and they've also decided who they want to see become president of the united states, and it's not me. i've stood up to russia, taken on putin and others, and i would do that as president. i think wherever we can cooperate with russia, that's fine, and i did as secretary of state, that's how we got a treaty reducing nuclear weapons. it's how we got the sanctions on iran that put a lid on their nuclear program without firing a single shot. so i would go to the negotiating table with more lever
they're interested in keeping assad in power. so i, when i was secretary of state, advocated, and i advocate today, a no-fly zone and safe zones. we need some leverage with the russians. because they're not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution unless there is some leverage over there hem am. and we have to work more closely with our partners and allies on the ground. but i want to emphasize that what is at stake here is the ambitions and the aggressiveness of...
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carrying out an attack against assad. tillerson right now meeting with the russian president putin in hopes of convincing him to drop his support for syrian leader bashar al-assad following last week's chemical attack. however russian officials say they are trying to underquote real intentions of -- define the real intentions of the trump administration. president trump has called assad an animal. >> we have these massive barrels with dynamite and drop them in the middle of a group of people. in all fairness, you see the same kids with no arms, no legs, no face. this is an animal. >> president trump is also criticizing his predecessor. he says that president obama should have taken a tougher line on assad. >>> today the trump administration is scheduled to lift the hiring freeze that it imposed on the federal workforce. however the administration is still telling federal agencies to submit plans for personnel cuts and other restructuring moves for the days and months ahead. the goal is to stay in line with the blueprint r
carrying out an attack against assad. tillerson right now meeting with the russian president putin in hopes of convincing him to drop his support for syrian leader bashar al-assad following last week's chemical attack. however russian officials say they are trying to underquote real intentions of -- define the real intentions of the trump administration. president trump has called assad an animal. >> we have these massive barrels with dynamite and drop them in the middle of a group of...
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the russians have not backed off assad and the iranians have not backed off assad. >> you're absolutely right. agrees to a process. the russian will come to that conclusion. i think they're coming to that conclusion as we speak, because the facts on the ground are not improving at the pace they thought they would. they are making very little progress on the ground. so i think that is posing a real problem. so he will be looking for a resolution, the iranians are a tough one to persuade. unless they have a kurdish state, and -- they're going to have to come to a tape and bring about the end to this regime. >> you criticized president obama a couple weeks ago, saying if you're going to speak to the station, you have to bring something new. this is what president obama said this week. >> we are hitting isil harden than ever. our drones have been increasing the space. >> question, are you satisfied with the pace of progress? are you satisfied that president obama is doing everybody he should to fight isis? i think he's been rice to resist bringing in massive number of troops. the iraqis wou
the russians have not backed off assad and the iranians have not backed off assad. >> you're absolutely right. agrees to a process. the russian will come to that conclusion. i think they're coming to that conclusion as we speak, because the facts on the ground are not improving at the pace they thought they would. they are making very little progress on the ground. so i think that is posing a real problem. so he will be looking for a resolution, the iranians are a tough one to persuade....
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they want an end to the assad regime and the weapon attack on the syrian people. >> assad told the news he had nothing to do with the chemical weapon attack that the white house said killed 1400 people in paris john kerry sought support from arab leaders for a u.s. strike. saudi arabia wants a tough response. kerry expressed no doubt that assad attacked his own people. >> assad has used chemical weapons at least 11 times or so according to our best judgments. with clarity in the evidence we have presented to the world on august 21st. he has one of the largest stocks of chemical weapons in the world. thousands in pack star protested today against u.s. involvement. organization say any intervention should be conducted through the u.n. security council. we'll have a report from washington how congress may vote this week. officials need your help identifying a man found in union square. that man is being treated at san francisco general where he's unconsideration -- unconscious. he's 20 to 30-year-old. 5'10" and weighing 165. he suffered a head injury likely from a fall. he was carrying a j
they want an end to the assad regime and the weapon attack on the syrian people. >> assad told the news he had nothing to do with the chemical weapon attack that the white house said killed 1400 people in paris john kerry sought support from arab leaders for a u.s. strike. saudi arabia wants a tough response. kerry expressed no doubt that assad attacked his own people. >> assad has used chemical weapons at least 11 times or so according to our best judgments. with clarity in the...
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assad carried out an attack on its own people back in april. two days later the commander in chief responded by ordering 59 tomahawk missiles at a syrian base. nikki haley putting moscow on watch, tweeting, any further attacks done to the people of syria will be blamed on i can't sad but also on russia and iran who support him killing his own people. >> it looks like the u.s. will have help if this situation comes to fruition. says the uk would support american air tries if assad attacks his own people once again. >> the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is absolutely an horn, illegal under any rule of. >>> been busy all day into the afternoon, monitoring this changing cooling weather. >>> we are running cooler and some of that fog continues to kind of hang on a little bit here, especially over the bay. parts of the coast. not all of the coast. but, it's still there for a few and if you are underneath it it's on the cool side. we had had a lot of drizzle reports this morning and even into late this morning, pacifica, castro val
assad carried out an attack on its own people back in april. two days later the commander in chief responded by ordering 59 tomahawk missiles at a syrian base. nikki haley putting moscow on watch, tweeting, any further attacks done to the people of syria will be blamed on i can't sad but also on russia and iran who support him killing his own people. >> it looks like the u.s. will have help if this situation comes to fruition. says the uk would support american air tries if assad attacks...
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while the opposition says it was the assad regime. opposition leaders offered up the video as proof of the government's brutal crack down on parts of the country. >>> thousands took to the streets in cities all across syria and the start of the anti assad uprising. since then an estimated 8,000 people have been killed. christien kafton was at a rally today in san francisco calling for an end to that bloodshed. >> free, free syria. >> reporter: syrians and syrian americans spoke out in san francisco's union square today. something they say can't be done in their homeland. >> after the beginning of this uprising, enough is enough. >> reporter: jandali says today the group is marking the first anniversary of the beginning of the uprising against president assad. >> first the father, now the son. no freedoms, marshal law: torture, jailings. for the first time people have been able to come out and say the word freedom. >> reporter: international observers say at least 8,000 been killed in syria in the last year. alchami says his uncle was
while the opposition says it was the assad regime. opposition leaders offered up the video as proof of the government's brutal crack down on parts of the country. >>> thousands took to the streets in cities all across syria and the start of the anti assad uprising. since then an estimated 8,000 people have been killed. christien kafton was at a rally today in san francisco calling for an end to that bloodshed. >> free, free syria. >> reporter: syrians and syrian americans...
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the kinds of aerial bombing and civilian death and destruction that we have seen carried out by the assad regime. russia may not be able to get there either because they don't want to or don't have sufficient influence over assad. and that's what we're going to test. so we go into this without any blinders on. we're very clear that russia has been willing to support a murderous regime that has -- and an individual, assad, who has destroyed his country just to cling on to power. what started with peaceful protests has led to a shattering of an entire, pretty advanced society. so whenever you're trying to broker any kind of deal with an individual like that or a country like that, you got to go in there with some skepticism. on the other hand, if we are able to get a genuine cessation of hostilities that prevents indiscriminate bombing, that protects civilians, that allows humanitarian access and creates some sort of pathway to begin the hard work of political negotiations inside of syria, then we have to try because the alternative is a perpetuation of civil war. i have been wrestling with
the kinds of aerial bombing and civilian death and destruction that we have seen carried out by the assad regime. russia may not be able to get there either because they don't want to or don't have sufficient influence over assad. and that's what we're going to test. so we go into this without any blinders on. we're very clear that russia has been willing to support a murderous regime that has -- and an individual, assad, who has destroyed his country just to cling on to power. what started...
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are you concerned that the assad regime could reach out and use chemical weapons? >> i am concerned about it and enflux of jihadist and extremist. and i am concerned about the mount of refugees and murder and torteur and rape that is a policy of bashar assad and we stand by and our secretary of state and un representatives and the president said nothing . they say it is unacceptable and we literally do nothing. a young person and i heard this from the syrian resistance. we'll remember, who helped us and who didn't. the president of the united states abrogated our responsibilities to help these people in an unfair fight. it doesn't mean boots on the ground but does mean a sanctuary of organizing and fight. every day it goes on, the more difficult it is to repair the country when bashar assad goes. he will go. it is shameful that we will not help these people out as they are struggling for the things we stand for and believe in. >> john: your colleagues had pened a post. the u.s. reluctant to intervene in syria is allowing it to be longer and bloodier. and the syrian
are you concerned that the assad regime could reach out and use chemical weapons? >> i am concerned about it and enflux of jihadist and extremist. and i am concerned about the mount of refugees and murder and torteur and rape that is a policy of bashar assad and we stand by and our secretary of state and un representatives and the president said nothing . they say it is unacceptable and we literally do nothing. a young person and i heard this from the syrian resistance. we'll remember,...
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the time is for president assad to step aside. juan, five years later we have that little boy, millions displaced, hundreds of thousands dead. >> it's a tragedy. i have a grandson. you look at that little guy and you just -- your heart just goes out to him. you know, shannon, there was a picture also of a dead child washing up on the shore earlier. so you understand the number of people. i think it's now more than 400,000 that have lost their lives in this conflict. again, you come ba being to what can we do? the argument would be, do we want to enforce that red line? what would that mean? it doesn't mean just airstrikes, it would mean potentially putting american forces at risk. i don't think the american people want to do that. what can we do? >> one thing -- one thing is you don't draw a red line that you then ignore. when the president made that statement five years ago assad was in a very, very tough position. it looked like he might -- his government really might fall. there probably could have been some things that we could
the time is for president assad to step aside. juan, five years later we have that little boy, millions displaced, hundreds of thousands dead. >> it's a tragedy. i have a grandson. you look at that little guy and you just -- your heart just goes out to him. you know, shannon, there was a picture also of a dead child washing up on the shore earlier. so you understand the number of people. i think it's now more than 400,000 that have lost their lives in this conflict. again, you come ba...
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they're fighting to keep assad in power. assad is a puppet of the iranians. his regime will not be accepted by the syrian people. it will destabilize the region and now obama's allowed russia to dismember syria, and the russians are back in the mideast strong. they've never been stronger since 1973. this is a complete disaster for us, it means the war never ends, the refugeeses continue to flow, and isil has recruiting opportunity now -- come to syria and fight our mortal enemy, the shia persian iranians. this is screwed up at every angle. the 50 going on the ground are in harm's way. i cannot tell you how bad this is. this is what john kerry will do. he will cut a deal with the russians and iranians, where they gets control over syria, the iranians will have another air capital over their control and he will declare victory. since the nuclear deals. the iranians have test-fired a missile in violation of the sanctions. they have put troops on the ground in iran to hurt our interest and have jailed the fourth american business person. is this the change we are
they're fighting to keep assad in power. assad is a puppet of the iranians. his regime will not be accepted by the syrian people. it will destabilize the region and now obama's allowed russia to dismember syria, and the russians are back in the mideast strong. they've never been stronger since 1973. this is a complete disaster for us, it means the war never ends, the refugeeses continue to flow, and isil has recruiting opportunity now -- come to syria and fight our mortal enemy, the shia...
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message to assad. the ability to attack and the swiftness of the trump administration to do so is a message to the rest of the world. it's a message particularly to the north koreans, to the iranians, to people in the region who are bad actors. it was a huge message last night, and it was one that donald trump felt he had to send based on what the syrians did, but a much wider message. >> we're getting a lot of response on twitter and then we also heard that response there. is it an act of war, a declaration, is it not. did he get the proper approval. did he act, and as you're saying, the fact that the world is watching, we have north korea, we have iran. what do you think this means going forward. >> well, i would consider this at this point, a one off, to use that phrase. it's not an act of a war. it's a situation where i think the president had to send the message to the syrian regime, and frankly to the russians who had to have been come police sit. they had to have known about -- complicit. if you
message to assad. the ability to attack and the swiftness of the trump administration to do so is a message to the rest of the world. it's a message particularly to the north koreans, to the iranians, to people in the region who are bad actors. it was a huge message last night, and it was one that donald trump felt he had to send based on what the syrians did, but a much wider message. >> we're getting a lot of response on twitter and then we also heard that response there. is it an act...
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. >>> and a call to the end for killings in syria and where president al-assad says it cannot begin and the new atrocities on the ground. >> big change ms. our weather pattern. coming up, the one part of your sunday that could include a few raindrops and when stronger storms are expected to move into the bay area. í . >>> dozen of protesters stage a die-in at the united nation plaza in san francisco, demanding an end to chinese rule of tibet. today marks the 53rd anniversary of the tectan uprising. organizers say inside tibet, china arrest or executes anyone who tries to protest chinese rule. >>> it was march 11th last year when japan was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami. when the shaking stopped, some 19,000 people were dead and japan was in the midst of a nuclear crisis. tonight david piper talks to people still struggling a year from that day. >> reporter: a year after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, the physical and mentality scars remain. this shrine stands near the spot where 74 students were last seen alive that fateful day. the children were consumed by the w
. >>> and a call to the end for killings in syria and where president al-assad says it cannot begin and the new atrocities on the ground. >> big change ms. our weather pattern. coming up, the one part of your sunday that could include a few raindrops and when stronger storms are expected to move into the bay area. í . >>> dozen of protesters stage a die-in at the united nation plaza in san francisco, demanding an end to chinese rule of tibet. today marks the 53rd...
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both nikki haley and people in the state department underscored that isis is a big threat and assad was probably a stabilizing force that the us could support. some critics will claim it may have emboldened assad to go ahead with that chemical attack the next day. now it appears that the administration is coming down quite hard and doing relations with the kremlin until now this is a different language than what moscow was heard up until now. >> it's obvious russia's not going to give up on president assad. they want a foothold in the middle east and this is all they've got right now, syria. what's their incentive to get out of russia? >> they have seen the united state expand its reach -- influence greatly. they've seen a government historically alive and moscow like iraq overthrown from the us invasion and libya by us supported uprising. remember the reagan administration got with cuba invoement in central involved -- in central america and that was minimal compared to us involvement in the middle east which is geographically comparable to south america in terms of russia. it doesn't
both nikki haley and people in the state department underscored that isis is a big threat and assad was probably a stabilizing force that the us could support. some critics will claim it may have emboldened assad to go ahead with that chemical attack the next day. now it appears that the administration is coming down quite hard and doing relations with the kremlin until now this is a different language than what moscow was heard up until now. >> it's obvious russia's not going to give up...
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president trump called assad an animal. secretary of state tillerson is trying to get russia to stop supporting assad. and also, white house press secretary san spicer has -- shawn spicer has his -- sean spicer has his own problems with syria. >> reporter: look at spicer's apology in in a moment, but president trump followed up on last week's air strike in syria with tough words for the syrian president and the russian government. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow this morning, meeting with his russian counterpart. will this need to a new direction on syria? president trump offering his first in-depth interview on syria and his thinking that led to u.s. air strikes last week. he's unsparing in his description of the sean president. >> massive barrels with dynamite and dropped them in the middle of a group of people and in all fairness, you see the same kids with no arms, no legs, no face -- this is an animal. >> reporter: the president said his predecessor should have taken a tougher line on assad and putin
president trump called assad an animal. secretary of state tillerson is trying to get russia to stop supporting assad. and also, white house press secretary san spicer has -- shawn spicer has his -- sean spicer has his own problems with syria. >> reporter: look at spicer's apology in in a moment, but president trump followed up on last week's air strike in syria with tough words for the syrian president and the russian government. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow this...
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assad sahi. >> the next time assad does a live shot at some big festival no one will mess with him now. >>> are you ready for a zombie fight? >> it's a pretty deadly sling shot. >> we've got your weapon of choice. >>> he's a model camper that can gather wood and build a fire. >> that's a little scary, though, to have a chimp that knows how to start fires. >> and murder at the queen's estate. i look inside the vast spread now at the center of a policetry. >>> welcome back to the show. don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great videos all day long. >> i always wonder what happened with the old christmas lights that people don't use anymore. where do they go some. >> one bulb breaks the whole strand is ruined. >> yep. i figured it out. they go to a small town in china where they process to basically recycle them. >> they recycle them. i'm glad they don'tdo that and don't bury them in a hole somewhere. >> let me tell you. >> bring that load of christmas lights over to this hole over here. we have a fresh hole for those lights. this one here. >> okay. china. >> this video what w
assad sahi. >> the next time assad does a live shot at some big festival no one will mess with him now. >>> are you ready for a zombie fight? >> it's a pretty deadly sling shot. >> we've got your weapon of choice. >>> he's a model camper that can gather wood and build a fire. >> that's a little scary, though, to have a chimp that knows how to start fires. >> and murder at the queen's estate. i look inside the vast spread now at the center of a...
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the group backed syrian president bashar al-assad. any military action against assad may lead to more attacks. experiments say this group could target security for the power grid for water and other parts of the infrastructure. >>> military families are saying justice has been served after former army major nidal hasan was sentenced to death for the fort hood shooting massacre. a jury of 13 military officers deliberated for less than two hours before they handed down the sentence of lethal injection for that 2009 shooting rampage where 13 people were killed, many more were wounded. hasan will now be moved to death row in a maximum security military prison at fort leavenworth, kansas. appeals about this may take years. but assad could become the first american soldier executed in more than half a century. >>> waging a war on graffiti after a disabled veteran was beaten by taggers. mike logan says taggers left him unconscious after he confronted six men spraying cars in his san jose neighborhood in the middle of the night. the attack la
the group backed syrian president bashar al-assad. any military action against assad may lead to more attacks. experiments say this group could target security for the power grid for water and other parts of the infrastructure. >>> military families are saying justice has been served after former army major nidal hasan was sentenced to death for the fort hood shooting massacre. a jury of 13 military officers deliberated for less than two hours before they handed down the sentence of...
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at least one or two times or several times and not want to, but twice with assad in syria when they fought to gas their own people including babies babies struggling for the last
at least one or two times or several times and not want to, but twice with assad in syria when they fought to gas their own people including babies babies struggling for the last